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HK: Fachverband Hadronen und Kerne

HK 20: Energy for the future

HK 20.1: Invited Group Report

Monday, March 16, 2009, 16:30–17:00, H-ZO 50

Energy Initiatives of the European Physical Society — •Friedrich Wagner — Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik Branch Greifswald Wendelsteinstr. 1 D-17491, Greifswald, Germany

We are all aware that energy is gradually getting a rare commodity on one side and that the consequences of burning fossil fuels lead to major changes of our climate. Physics plays a crucial role in the improvement of established energy technologies but also in the development of new energy sources. Electricity is the highest form of energy in a technical context and plays a specific role for societies and their economies. In my report, I will try to elucidate the role physics can play in photo voltaic systems, in nuclear fission and in nuclear fusion. These are areas where the European Physical Society and its Member Societies play an important role in the dissemination of scientific results. Based on its analyses the EPS tries to influence the development of a European energy policy with position papers. In addition, EPS and many of its Member Societies have active Energy Working Groups. Some of the findings and recommendations resulting of the work of these groups will be summarized.